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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 by R T Luke V Browne lukebrowne@yahoo.com I learnt from Trinidad and Tobago’s Sunday Express newspaper of February 2, 2014 that RBC...
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 Editor: Throughout the world there are many armed conflicts raging with no end in sight. What is very sad is that many of these confl...
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 Editor: The Caribbean is second in the world to Sub-Saharan Africa in the rate of HIV infection. The primary mode of transmission in ...
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 Editor: The recent display by supporters of the opposition NDP in the presence of their leaders at the funeral of the late E G Lynch ...
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 As you shed tears For days Mourning the loss of your son You pray that one day, The Gun will cease to exist For in the hands of man I...
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 Editor: Having listened to the funeral service of the late radio announcer E G Lynch, I must express my grave disappointment in my Vi...
PM’s remarks at E G Lynch’s funeral
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July 22, 2014
Tue Jul 22, 2014 By Dr Ralph E Gonsalves Prime Minister [Author’s Note: The tribute published below is what I would have read at E G Lynch’s funer...
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July 18, 2014
Fri Jul 18, 2014 Editor: I write in support of a letter written by Luke Browne and published in the Searchlight of Friday, July 11. Before his publica...
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July 18, 2014
Fri Jul 18, 2014 Dear Sir/ Madam, I have tried several times over the past week to speak to your manager with no success! Most times the line is busy ...
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July 18, 2014
Ashton Warner’s Account of Slavery and that of Daphne Crosbie (Editor’s Note: "The work was edited by S Strickland and published in 1831. The edit...
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July 18, 2014
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 Editor, For sometime now, I have been thinking that I owe your readers an explanation with regard to a position that I took at the t...
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July 15, 2014
Tue Jul 15, 2014 Editor: The national language of Jamaica is English and I’ve heard broadcasts by Jamaican individuals articulating the language mos...
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July 15, 2014
Tue Jul 15, 2014 Editor, The Netherlands clinched third place at the World Cup with an easy 3-0 victory over a forlorn Brazil.{{more}} The crowd then ...
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July 15, 2014
Tue Jul 15, 2014 Editor, As violent crime escalates in St Vincent and the Grenadines and other countries in the Caribbean Community, it seems as if a ...
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July 11, 2014
Fri Jul 11, 2014 Editor: Germany tore Brazil apart in an incredible six minutes in which four goals were scored, which saw them roar into a 5-0 lead i...
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July 11, 2014
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 Editor: I personally believe that freedom of the press has, or is, being destroyed by the current  ULP administration in many ways. ...
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July 11, 2014
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 Mr Prime Minister Sir, Since assuming office as Prime Minister you have been much talked about, locally, regionally and internationa...
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July 11, 2014
Unveiling of the War Memorial ( 11 November 1925) "There will be an enclosure around the War Memorial into which the members of the Executive and Legi...
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July 4, 2014
Fri Jul 4, 2014 Editor: While I read your article on the honouring of Mr F. I. Jack by the St Vincent Grammar School, nostalgia set in.I concluded tha...
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July 4, 2014
The Carnival Riots of 1879 "Attempts to revive masquerading in 1879 were greeted by a proclamation issued by His Honour Edward Laborde, the Officer Ad...
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July 4, 2014
Fri Jul 4, 2014 Dear Sir, I am asking for your help to safeguard one of our historical monuments against wilful and wanton defacement and destruction....
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July 4, 2014
Fri Jul 4, 2014 Editor: The much publicized withdrawal fees, ATM fees and miscellaneous monthly service charges which were imposed by the foreign-owne...
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Editor: ‘Ring D Bell’ (Godfrey Dublin), ‘Ah Want a Soca man’ (Fryktion) and ‘Soca, rum and gal’ (Rayzor RQB) are three so...
Thanks from people of South Rivers
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Dear Almira Patsy Rogers and friends in Brooklyn, Thank you for your generous donation of school and medical supplies. Your gift of b...
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Editor: Education is very important. The opportunities today for education are very good, as compared to my days when it was limited....
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Editor: Carnival is the time of the year when we really show the world our true level of independence and our pride in being Vincy. T...
Excessive, or still too lenient?
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Editor: Suarez’s ban for biting an opponent while playing at the World Cup for Uruguay means he would miss 13 matches for Liverpool...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: Many congratulations to the boys and girls who passed the CPEA and special congratulations to the many rural schools that did...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: I would like to ask Mr Kennard King a question, following his letter to this paper last week: “Where is the decency in men?...
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June 27, 2014
1862 RIOTS Extract from correspondence sent to the Anti-Slavery Society about the 1862 Riots (January 1, 1863) “It appears, that in September last, ...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: Anyone can want to lead: that’s quite okay. If, however, someone wants to lead an enterprise, a group, a movement or anythi...
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June 27, 2014
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 Editor: When Barack Obama became the first black President of the United Stated of America in 2008, almost the whole world was in a ...
Help! I need sponsorship for my event/idea!
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Business Buzz by Candice Sealey In our last article, I touched on if one’s business is truly receiving mileage from sponsorship de...
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor, I am a Vincentian who loves his country, but our blessed country St Vincent and the Grenadines has a major problem that has ...